The history and development of Blueberry Manor Patch What is the variety of Blueberry Manor Patch

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Guatemalan coffee, huh! It sounds like African coffee, yes, Guatemalan coffee is from America! Guatemala was once the birthplace of the famous Mayan civilization, and it seems hard for you to think that Guatemalan coffee has the characteristics of cultural crystallization! The coffee variety cultivated in Guatemala is mainly bourbon, which is one of the varieties with obvious sour taste, and has the characteristics of mellow taste and slightly wild taste.

Ancient civilization Guatemala

The Indian language Guatemala, which means "wooded land", is one of the ancient Indian Mayan cultural centers.

Guatemala is located in Central America, where the geographical environment is unique, with North America in the north and South America in the south. Facing the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico, the climate is relatively hot and humid, and it has always been an important coffee producing area in the world.

Guatemala coffee belt is distributed over 1500 meters, latitude 14-16 degrees north, the easiest to grow very hard beans. There are seven major producing areas in Guatemala, of which New Oriental is the youngest. Rain Water is abundant here and belongs to the rain forest region with Koban, but the moisture and rainfall are slightly slower. This area was once the poorest place in Guatemala, and it was not until the 1980s that mountain residents were fully convinced that there was a strong demand for boutique coffee, bringing it back to life.

Guatemalan variety

Guatemalan varieties are mainly bourbon, iron pickup, Kaduai, Kaddura, today Qianjie coffee introduces beans is a variety of iron pickup-Patch.

Patch is a natural mutant of iron pickup. The plants are smaller, so they can be planted more densely and get higher yields. It is suitable for planting in areas with an altitude of more than 1200 meters and an annual rainfall of less than 2500 mm. The variety was discovered in 1949 at Brito Farm in Santa Rosa Santa Cruz Naranjo, Guatemala.

Take [Qianjie Coffee Guatemala Blueberry Manor Patch] as an example.

Country: Guatemala

Producing area: new Oriental

Altitude: 1550-1800m

Treatment: sun treatment

Grade: SHB

Variety: PACHE Patch

Blueberry Manor is one of the top three manors in Guatemala's COE competition for three consecutive years (2015% 2, 2014% 3, 2017% 4). It is one of the highest and most powerful manors in Guatemala. The owner of the manor professionally manages the farm, challenging to grow coffee at 2300 meters, as well as the limit that the higher the Arabica, the better the flavor. And in recent years in various competitions to show a very strong strength.

Because of the extremely high height, the producing area can only be reached through two clouds. The cold climate breeds extremely tough fruit and gives birth to excellent coffee flavor. The owner of the manor grows different varieties of coffee in different sections of the farm, and the flavor and taste of the coffee is also slightly different. The Pache cultivated here can bring out cocoa and thick taste, which is a rare batch of sun drying in Guatemala. The coffee has a strong flavor of black cherry and blueberry, which is worth tasting.

Qianjie baking suggestion

Machine: roaster Yang family 800N semi-direct fire

Because Patch's beans are in excellent condition in the sun, and the raw beans have a strong fruit flavor, the Qianjie coffee baker uses light baking to highlight its flavor.

The furnace temperature is preheated to 170℃ into the pot, the throttle is opened to fire after 350s, the firepower is adjusted to 140, the throttle is unchanged; when the temperature is 103.4 ℃, the firepower is unchanged, the throttle is opened to 4.5min turns yellow, the smell of grass disappears, enters the dehydration stage, the firepower is reduced to 120s, and the throttle is kept at 4.176 ℃ when the firepower is adjusted to 100, the throttle remains unchanged.

After dehydration, the bean surface appears wrinkles and black markings, and the taste of toast changes to coffee, which is a prelude to an explosion. When it starts to explode at 9 / 9 / 39 / 20, the throttle is all open 5 / 5, and the firepower is adjusted to 70. The development time after 1 / 9 / 39 / 20 is 30 / 30 and 195.4 ℃ / min.

Suggestion on brewing coffee in Qianjie

Filter cup: Hario V60

Water temperature: 90 ℃

Powder / water ratio: 1:15

Degree of grinding: BG#6s

Cooking method: steaming 30 grams of water for 30 seconds, injecting water to 125 grams in sections, continue to inject water to 225 grams when the water level is about to expose the powder bed, remove the filter cup when the water level is about to expose the powder bed, and the extraction time is two minutes.

Flavor description: when grinding, you can smell strong aromas of nuts, spices and some slight aromas of fermented berries. When hot, the entrance is more balanced, with a little aroma of fermented fruit, black rice tea, with the flavor of nuts and almonds; after the temperature comes down, there is the sour and sweet of citrus, berries and ripe fruits, and the sucrose is long-lasting, sweet and balanced as a whole.